tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post5181396186138247214..comments2024-03-28T12:09:14.523-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: The Prevention Coalition to the rescueDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-80671363624898733962017-03-27T19:39:43.830-07:002017-03-27T19:39:43.830-07:00Wow thanks for the link.
Wow thanks for the link.<br />Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-51216724015526239172017-03-27T19:03:48.852-07:002017-03-27T19:03:48.852-07:00https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/192778/Vernon...https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/192778/Vernon-death-gang-relatedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156915945946443776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-5948593969225821832017-03-27T11:09:45.390-07:002017-03-27T11:09:45.390-07:00I wonder how the U.S.A. stacks up against E.U. cou...I wonder how the U.S.A. stacks up against E.U. countries or Japan and China in terms of these issues.<br /><br />People are willing to admit to cancer and we fund raise for it regularly. With substance abuse not so much. the stigma needs to disappear before much will change. Society has accepted many physical diseases, but mental not so much. It been a thing of pull yourself together, if they used some self control, its their choice, et. <br /><br />C.B.C. news has an interesting article up about the high rates of suicide by men over 50 and they're trying to figure out why. I'd suggest first men try to deal with their issues via substance abuse and then suicide. <br /><br />In a transient society frequently people having new friends every time they move, no one really ever remembers the "original" person. with less family contact, families don't see the problems either. <br /><br />Simply society needs to educate people starting in elementary school and continue through out the years in school. schools teach computer literary, and all sorts of other subjects but they don't put much emphasis on substance abuse literary. Might be time society did.<br /><br /><br />Part of the issue maybe that the use of drugs is more acceptable, but opoids which come from doctors when they ought not to is a problem. part of that problem stems from the lack of education doctors receive on drugs while in medical school. They are then bombarded with drug company reps who do wonderful sell jobs. Doctors, frequently, not having the time to upgrade/date themselves on new drugs rely on the reps for information. Many occupations require regular re testing and upgrading courses, physicians, not so much.<br /><br />For many, drugs are easier and less expensive than going to see a psychologist and or a psychiatrist. If you're in the U.S.A. both can be very expensive. In B.C. if your G.P. refers you to a psychiatrist its part of the medical plan. If you go to a psychologist, you're paying up to $200 an hr. <br /><br />For teens at risk, it might be money saver, if the provincial government put more money into the school system so that school boards could hire shrinks of both kinds. There are programs available in the lower grades, but in high school I've always had the impression they aren't.<br /><br />Families need to take the initiative, that if their parents or grandparents had substance abuse issues that they educate their children on the subject and let them know they maybe more susceptible to becoming addicted. <br /><br />As the economy changes and work becomes less available, we as a society need to determine what success is and work out why people abuse substances and then try to provide children with a better road map for life.<br /><br />e.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.com